(Clearwisdom.net)

Dafa practitioner Wang Pizhen and her husband (an elderly couple) from Handan City, Hebei Province became healthy after they practiced Falun Dafa. Soon after their happy days began, the persecution started on July 20, 1999. Wang Pizhen was illegally arrested many times and her home was ransacked because she went to Beijing to appeal and distributed truth clarification materials. Police looted her private property. Her husband was kidnapped many times. Later, the couple was tricked into a brainwashing class. Wang Pizhen escaped but was forced to leave home to avoid further persecution.

A male Dafa practitioner from Cheng'an County, Hebei Province told about the persecution he suffered during the past three years: In 2000, vicious police broke into my home and took away Dafa books and materials. They beat and kicked me for seven to eight hours. Later, they illegally detained me for 23 days. My family was forced to pay 3,000 Yuan bail money and 300 Yuan for food. In January 2001, I went to Beijing to validate Dafa and was detained in Cheng'an City and Handan City for total of 135 days, during which time I was physically and mentally tortured. My family was forced to pay another 4,000 Yuan bail money and 500 Yuan for food. In order to avoid persecution, my parents, my wife and daughter were forced to leave home for several months and they were later illegally arrested. I was also forced to leave home because I was on a 'wanted by police' list.

In November 2002, thugs from Daqing City Petroleum Administrative Bureau and the "610 Office" set up a "Daqing Oil Field Legal School," a brainwashing center. The second session began right after the first one ended. It was heard that many Dafa practitioners were kidnapped and sent to the brainwashing center. On January 17, 2003 alone, the following four Dafa practitioners were kidnapped: Cao Junmei, Zang Yuzhen, Liu Hanxue and Xu Pujun.